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Title: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: muzza01 on August 09, 2016, 06:46:09 PM
I just finished the Census for our household for three people.
No probs logging in, relatively painless, wo to go less than 15 minutes on the iPad.
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Post by: jeffr on August 09, 2016, 06:52:00 PM
Did mine last Saturday, 10 minutes. Can't understand the tin-foil hat brigade carry on at the moment.
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Post by: briann532 on August 09, 2016, 07:10:16 PM
Mine won't friggin log on.......

Keeps crapping on about enabling java.

Done it over and over and changed just about every bleeding setting on all devices. Ipoood, I phoneafriend, PC, Mac, Laptop x 3 and 2 x android phones.............
Same damn thing.

Tried other IP on other modem, nothing.
May have to resort to going to the neighbours, but then the census won't be right!!!!!!

Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: briann532 on August 09, 2016, 07:11:46 PM
Missus just got a message about being overloaded with a high volume of users and not to worry, fill it in tomorrow...........

If anyone on here works for the ABS - can I refer you to the Gun thread! >:D (And I will happily change my opinion!)
 :police: :police: :police:
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: muzza01 on August 09, 2016, 07:17:53 PM
Geez, I must have just been very lucky. It was almost as if the whole thing was designed for an iPad. I did have the paperwork version dropped off at the front door last week but it would have taken ages to write it.
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Post by: StrvnMrvn on August 09, 2016, 07:25:00 PM
Done Mine!

6 people in the house at took 20 mins.
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Post by: ronmac on August 09, 2016, 07:42:52 PM
Finished mine pretty quickly, as others have stated fairly painless. cheers Ron.
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: rockinj on August 09, 2016, 07:45:05 PM
WARNING - don't try to do it tonight. I have just spent ages completing it and now it will not submit OR save.

Complete waste of time online. I will have to redo - NOT HAPPY JAN!
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: GGV8Cruza on August 09, 2016, 07:48:50 PM
The system will not let me log on, looks like its a little busy. Try the phone line, its totally shagged as well. Looks like I will be doing it another day, could see it coming from a mile away

GG
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Post by: rockinj on August 09, 2016, 07:51:51 PM
Getting very PO'ed - phone line wont even ring, it just keeps dropping out.
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Post by: GeoffA on August 09, 2016, 07:56:28 PM
Perhaps another day.... ::)
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Post by: McGirr on August 09, 2016, 07:59:44 PM
Can't get on either so I done the census that's on line for Canada instead.  ;D

Mark
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Post by: D4D on August 09, 2016, 08:01:50 PM
http://www.news.com.au/national/frustration-as-abs-census-website-unable-to-be-reached/news-story/298363b96a4feab132698075cec306b2 (http://www.news.com.au/national/frustration-as-abs-census-website-unable-to-be-reached/news-story/298363b96a4feab132698075cec306b2)
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: GeoffA on August 09, 2016, 08:02:41 PM
Maybe it's been hacked??
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Post by: Watty2975 on August 09, 2016, 08:10:26 PM
Yep, poo for us too. Won't save and won't submit.
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Post by: macca on August 09, 2016, 08:10:27 PM
Got half mine done and saved went to complete it after tea now cant save it, what nutter in the government thought the whole country could log into a site at one time. Mine has just timed out and all unsaved data was lost. They had their chance now they can guess the rest

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Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: GeoffA on August 09, 2016, 08:15:52 PM
Got half mine done and saved went to complete it after tea now cant save it, what nutter in the government thought the whole country could log into a site at one time. Mine has just timed out and all unsaved data was lost. They had their chance now they can guess the rest

Agree macca.

Dunno why we have to do it at all. They already know everything about us.....
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: Bird on August 09, 2016, 08:19:59 PM
WARNING - don't try to do it tonight. I have just spent ages completing it and now it will not submit OR save.

Complete waste of time online. I will have to redo - NOT HAPPY JAN!
numerous callers on radio suffering from that too... **** it...
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: macca on August 09, 2016, 08:19:59 PM
You got that right. Guess they have to justify their wage somehow, geez im starting to sound like another swagger bloody hell better get another Jimmy

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Post by: Rumpig on August 09, 2016, 08:30:52 PM
Haven't even looked at anything to do with the census yet, and sounds like no point in trying either after reading this. Misses reckoned we have ages to get it submitted, so will look at doing it in the coming days.
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Post by: lukeycat on August 09, 2016, 08:36:42 PM
Got half way through ours and it crashed I'm not worries about my details being on it with social media and forums etc hahahaha just thought they may have expected a decent load on the system and allowed for it.


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Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: plusnq on August 09, 2016, 08:38:44 PM
They said this morning that the system would cope with twice the expected traffic. Let's hope their privacy protections are better than this server load estimations.
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Post by: Kangaron on August 09, 2016, 08:42:08 PM
Did mine yesterday.
Relax people, you have until mid September to finish it.
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: Bird on August 09, 2016, 08:43:57 PM
Quote from: plusnq
Let's hope their privacy protections are better than this server load estimations.
that hacker group anonymous will have the info on the interwebs before it closes
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: lukeycat on August 09, 2016, 08:50:27 PM
Haven't even looked at anything to do with the census yet, and sounds like no point in trying either after reading this. Misses reckoned we have ages to get it submitted, so will look at doing it in the coming days.
Yeh it's September 23 for the online form just has to be representative of where u were on the night of the 9th


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Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: tanz on August 09, 2016, 08:54:23 PM
Got in earlier this evening, done in less than 1/2 a beer. Somewhat disappointed as I thought they would want to know a lot more about me! :cheers:
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: Redcherokee on August 09, 2016, 08:54:38 PM
Just relax and do it at work tomorrow.  Did ours earlier tonight and it took 10 minutes max.   

Everyone trying to do it at once has obviously found the weak link in the system.  Just take your time and do it before you forget how many kids you have.....

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Post by: wakychapmans on August 09, 2016, 08:58:12 PM
everyone I know seems to be having problems with it...

I did ours last night. all done. all sorted.

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Post by: scrapsD40 on August 09, 2016, 10:10:59 PM
that hacker group anonymous will have the info on the interwebs before it closes

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Post by: grmas1 on August 09, 2016, 10:25:58 PM
Done at 7 with ease, upset there was no question that asked if you had a camper?

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Post by: Gravity on August 09, 2016, 10:31:59 PM
Lost mine in the junk mail, $180 a day fine  :'(
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: jeffr on August 09, 2016, 10:36:55 PM
Lost mine in the junk mail, $180 a day fine  :'(

The ABS has turned this Census into a cluster f***. You won't be getting a fine, lotsa people gunna be doing some serious arse covering instead LOL
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: Cruiser 105Tvan on August 09, 2016, 10:43:53 PM
It'll take'em so looong to work out who did and who didn't submit the info., it'll be time for the next Census, or the one after that.
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Post by: GU42T on August 09, 2016, 11:03:10 PM
The ABS has turned this Census into a cluster f***. You won't be getting a fine, lotsa people gunna be doing some serious arse covering instead LOL

Too right jeffr!! >:D
Logged on around 7ish, completed less my street number and no names, used spaces instead, they do not need to know this info, but bit by bit they keep taking our liberty, ABS has no need for names or actual street numbers, it's a matter of principal to me. Planning around population growth, where to put infrastructure etc etc doesn't require names and addresses!
Went to submit...... And as I expected and had told the wife, Crash!!!! No go, locked up not saved or submitted.

What a cluster!!!
Especially after the interview I heard to the other day, " tested the systems we have in place and there will be no problems" lmao! They think we have great Internet, nothing on what they have overseas!

cheers,
Luke
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Post by: DrewXT on August 09, 2016, 11:17:24 PM
Would hate to be working for IBM tonight... I'm tipping there's no lube on offer...

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Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: beigewagon on August 10, 2016, 01:08:17 AM

All these issues, and people want to vote in the next federal election from home, via computer. I think this shows that, if it aint broke, dont try to fix it.

Beigewagon.
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: plusnq on August 10, 2016, 05:02:24 AM
Would hate to be working for IBM tonight... I'm tipping there's no lube on offer...

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Just saying

http://www.itnews.com.au/news/queenslands-ibm-ban-lives-on-420969 (http://www.itnews.com.au/news/queenslands-ibm-ban-lives-on-420969)

What was that about over promise, under deliver?
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Post by: speewa158 on August 10, 2016, 07:12:01 AM
lts on line ,,,What could possibbllyygowRONG gowRONG,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ???
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Post by: tk421 on August 10, 2016, 07:16:17 AM
“No one ever got fired for buying IBM.” LOL
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Post by: Rodt on August 10, 2016, 07:23:38 AM
The wife got into the site at about 7pm last night, completed and submitted without any dramas (so she says). Got the email receipt to advise that all completed.

Interestingly we never received any info in the mail about the log in but instead a person knocked on the door on Saturday and gave us the manual form and the info sheet. Haven't heard on the radio of this occurring anywhere else though. Lot more efficient and hassle free in my view

Rod
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Post by: ab56452001 on August 10, 2016, 07:45:46 AM
Did ours no probs , but one has to wonder why it seems 80 % of questions relate to ethnicity/race , perhaps the multi-cultural industry trying to find ways of continuing on in their tax payer funded sincures for another 100 years ?
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Post by: Troopy_03 on August 10, 2016, 11:22:45 AM
Ha I just keep thinking of "this guy"... it always cracks me up when I see the ad on telly too, the perfect dad joke.
https://youtu.be/amllg7iHT-o (https://youtu.be/amllg7iHT-o)
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Post by: tk421 on August 10, 2016, 11:41:06 AM
Did ours no probs , but one has to wonder why it seems 80 % of questions relate to ethnicity/race , perhaps the multi-cultural industry trying to find ways of continuing on in their tax payer funded sincures for another 100 years ?

A lot of info can be got from other sources, but if you are trying to understand demographic composition, migration patterns etc. you need to ask the questions to get info which generally aren't available from other sources. Producing such stats that the fact the immigrant labour participation rate is 77 per cent, which is above the national average rate of about 65 per cent.

Like it or not Australia is a nation of migrants - almost half of all Australians were either born overseas or have at least one parent who was. Virtually no Australians alive today can dispute having at least one foreign ancestor.
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Post by: WilSurf on August 10, 2016, 12:04:22 PM
No luck yesterday.
Tried to log in at 7.00pm and got the message that the page couldn't be loaded.
Then finally it was loaded, clicked to started the census: sorry, overloaded.
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Post by: shanegtr on August 10, 2016, 12:42:09 PM
We attempted to do it online, gave up after the first attempt to log in and filled in the paper version. I fail to see the point of around half the questions asked as most of those could be answered from my tax return ;D
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Post by: ab56452001 on August 10, 2016, 01:18:12 PM
A lot of info can be got from other sources, but if you are trying to understand demographic composition, migration patterns etc. you need to ask the questions to get info which generally aren't available from other sources. Producing such stats that the fact the immigrant labour participation rate is 77 per cent, which is above the national average rate of about 65 per cent.

Like it or not Australia is a nation of migrants - almost half of all Australians were either born overseas or have at least one parent who was. Virtually no Australians alive today can dispute having at least one foreign ancestor.
We all know that id say , my own and my wifes parents were post war Immigrants , that's NOT what I am on about , but I reckon you know that already.
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Post by: scrapsD40 on August 10, 2016, 05:03:31 PM
No luck yesterday.
Tried to log in at 7.00pm and got the message that the page couldn't be loaded.
Then finally it was loaded, clicked to started the census: sorry, overloaded.

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Post by: Troopy_03 on August 10, 2016, 07:55:09 PM
We all know that id say , my own and my wifes parents were post war Immigrants , that's NOT what I am on about , but I reckon you know that already.
Ya lost me then, what are you on about?
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Post by: speewa158 on August 10, 2016, 08:34:03 PM
Why am l still licking the Faber Castel HB  to fill in a computer senses form ,,,,,,, ???       >:D
                             & then a stamp  to post it                     :cheers: :laugh:
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Post by: Cruiser 105Tvan on August 10, 2016, 09:26:57 PM
Why do you need a stamp for it?
Should be a prepaid blue envelope to return it in with a window on the back.
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Post by: prodigyrf on August 11, 2016, 09:19:37 PM
Did ours no probs , but one has to wonder why it seems 80 % of questions relate to ethnicity/race , perhaps the multi-cultural industry trying to find ways of continuing on in their tax payer funded sincures for another 100 years ?

I figured this time round identifying as female, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander is all a bit yesterdays, so now I'm into ticking gender fluidity and Islam for the kid's futures-
http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/careers/afl-offers-muslimonly-diversity-positions/news-story/02e4b89d690e5621e44de7deeaf309ad (http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/careers/afl-offers-muslimonly-diversity-positions/news-story/02e4b89d690e5621e44de7deeaf309ad)
although with Malcolm's Innovation Nation at the ABS, I'm getting worried none of it will count for them.
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Post by: Topender on August 11, 2016, 10:11:56 PM
You're Welcome
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Post by: prodigyrf on August 12, 2016, 11:03:21 AM
Wow! When I saw that I got straight on the blower to Port Power's recruitment team as they looks like fertile ground for a tilt at the flag next year-
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-09/afl-launches-first-pride-game-between-sydney-swans-and-st-kilda/7703642 (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-09/afl-launches-first-pride-game-between-sydney-swans-and-st-kilda/7703642)
Title: Re: Census night tonight...comments?
Post by: McGirr on August 13, 2016, 02:56:02 PM

What a crock of £€% # , called to get a login number to do the census on line but as we don't have a proper street address we cannot be given a number.

So the overseas call centre person advised that they will have a person deliver a census form to us. I advised we are over 4 hrs away from Darwin and she advised that's their problem.

She also said that doing it online may have issues and it's better to do the paper form.

They can stick their census  >:(

Mark